Sipekne’katik’s appeal of Alton Gas permit denied – Truro Daily News

It’s taken more than two years but the province has again upheld its industrial approval for the Alton Gas project.

“The consultations with Sipekne’katik on this industrial approval have been sufficient,” Environment Minister Margaret Miller said Monday in denying the band’s appeal of the permit approval for the second time.

“The terms and conditions in the approval are sufficient to protect the environment.”

The department initially issued an industrial approval on Jan. 20, 2016, to Alton Gas, a subsidiary of AltaGas, to operate a brine storage pond at the Shubenacadie River estuary site near Fort Ellis, Colchester County. The approval provided for the company to lease submerged Crown land to complete a discharge channel and an agreement to construct a dike on Crown lands. Six groups, including the Sipekne’katik band, who primarily reside in nearby Indian Brook, appealed the permit decision.

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